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Spinach Recipes?
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know thyselfNid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...0
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I have another question, if I may.
Also I have a bagful of marrows (about 8). I already tried steaming them in tomato sauce. Also grated a few marrows and made some pancakes.
Has anyone got any nice soup recipes, please?
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Hi, Soscrooge. Lucky you with the spinach. I make mine into a pasta sauce. Lightly cook a finely chopped onion with some crushed garlic. Add the cleaned spinach (you may need to remove thick woody stems first). Cook slowly, and the spinach will wilt, and reduce loads in volume. Once it's soft add cream, parmesan, black pepper and nutmeg to taste. Yummy!
As for marrows, have you tried stuffing them? Cut in half longways, and scoop out the seeds, so you have 2 boat shapes. Fill with bolognese, chilli, veg curry, whatever wettish sauce you like. Cook in a medium oven (oh dear just remembered, no oven........) until marrow soft. Top with cheese and grill. Otherwise, my DH raves about my marrow and ginger jam - I'll post the recipe if anyone would like it. It tastes like barley sugar. Sorry, no other ideas, I find marrows quite dull. I'm freecycling 4 that I have (the people who were garden sitting didn't pick the courgettes!)
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SoScrooge wrote:Thanks Softstuff and julesgr!
I won't freeze it now, but .... I have two limiting factors:
1. pinach and ricotta lasagne and spanakopita sounds way too complicated for a cook like me. I can just about to chop veg into a salad...
2. My oven does not work. Kids pulled out a rubber seal ages ago, and we took off all the handles when they started walking. So I only have hob at my disposal.
Oh, well...
Has anybody got a recipe for a spinach soup or something else (easy level, please)
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Make a ratatooie (cant spell it sorry!) with some of the marrows/courgettes.
I cubed an onion, 4 toms, 1 pepper and 4 courgettes, threw them in a pan, squirted in some tom puree added some mixed herb and pepper and then simmered. I kept adding water to help simmer until they went the mushy consistence i liked, then i let it simmer down so it wasnt watery. It was lovely and yummy and i have frozen some for a later date.
I have frozen spinach to use in canaloni (cant spell that one either!) by washing, removing stalks, shreading and then bagging and freezing. When ive come to use it ive zapped it in the microwave to start it defrosting. I find as many plates as i can and put 1 sheet of dried lasagne (value of course!) on each and cover with boiling water, these then get left to soak till they are nice and floppy and hydrated, it can take some time.
Chop up an onion and fry it a bit, throw in the spinach, throw in some phili with onion and chives cheap alternative, stir and then put a dolop in each of the what should be now floppy pasta sheets and roll to make tubes. Put them in an oven proof dish, cover with a can of chopped toms (rinsed out with some water of course) and some grated cheese and bung in an oven at 180 (as thats what everything gets cooked at!) and wait till it looks ready.
Sorry they are not an exact sciene. My cooking never is, but it always comes out ok (well no-ones died yet!)0 -
Another vote for lasagne - make a vegetable lasagne with tomatoes mushrooms, carrots, peppers and spinach stirred through to bind it all - delicious!0
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Make a quiche
Or just wilt some down and have it with your main dinner as the vegComping, Clicking & Saving for Change0 -
Soscrooge,
Lucky you, I love spinach. We make a lovely salad with the spinach leaves and some new potatoes. Add some cooked chicken and parmesan and make a red pesto dressing (just normal dressing but use lemon juice not vinegar with red pesto added). It's absolutely lovely and perfect for this time of year.
Think I might have to buy some spinach now......
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Thanks all for your ideas.
I used my spinach to make cream of spinach soup. My kids thought it was cream of broccoli and scofed it in no time (ha-ha-ha).
Marrows... I will be experimenting with some bacon and marrow soup tonight. Wish me luck.
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